Bail for Former Saddam Singer

An Iraqi Wedding Singer Who Performed for Saddam Hussein Left an 87-year-old Woman Fearing for Her Life During an Aggravated Burglary in Melbourne, a Court Has Heard.

Esam Moshi, 35, who fled Iraq with his family because of their connection to the executed dictator, was granted bail today, after being charged over two aggravated burglaries on vulnerable women earlier this month.

The Melbourne Magistrates Court heard Moshi, a husband and father to a four-year-old, committed the burglaries because he was unemployed and didn’t have any money.

His brother Bassam Moshi told the court Mr Moshi, who is now an Australian citizen, plays music at wedding receptions.

“He used to be a musician and used to play his music in front of the late Saddam Hussein … and that is why we came to Australia for fears of what could happen to us,” he said through an interpreter.